Wewak
Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. It is on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea. It is the largest town between Madang and Jayapura. It is the see city of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak.
- City with about 88,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code WWK
- Description: provincial capital of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
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Latitude
-3.5542° or 3° 33′ 15″ south
Longitude
143.6271° or 143° 37′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
PG WWK
Open location code
6R85CJWG+8R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Wewak” goes by many names.
ወውዋክAmharic
ويواكArabic
WewakAsturian
WewakAzerbaijani
ВевакBelarusian
ওয়েওয়াকBengali
WewakCebuano
Wewak (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
韋瓦克Chinese
韦瓦克Chinese
WewakDutch
ويواكEgyptian Arabic
WewakEsperanto
WewakEstonian
WewakFinnish
Wewak UrbanItalian
ウェワクJapanese
ウエワクJapanese
WewakJavanese
УевакKazakh
ВеваkKirghiz
웨와크Korean
웨왁Korean
VevakasLithuanian
WewakMalay
ვევაკიMingrelian
WewakNorwegian Bokmål
WewakOromo
ਵੇਵਾਕPanjabi
وواکPersian
WewakSwedish
ВевакTajik
ВевакTatar
WewakTok Pisin
WewakTurkish
ВевакUkrainian
ویواکUrdu
WewakUzbek
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